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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Examining Pictorial Models and Virtual Manipulatives for Third-Grade Fraction Instruction
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Moyer-Packenham, Patricia S.; Ulmer, Lori A.; Anderson, Katie L. – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine pictorial representations, whether in static or dynamic modalities, and their impact on student learning in a classroom with low-achieving students. The investigation emerged from a classroom teacher's action research project. During a three-week fraction unit, nineteen third-grade low-achieving students…
Descriptors: Action Research, Visualization, Manipulative Materials, Mathematics Instruction
Internet Activities and Developmental Predictors: Gender Differences among Digital Natives
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Johnson, Genevieve Marie – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2011
Widespread adoption of the Internet during the past two decades has produced the first generation of digital natives. Ninety-five children (M[subscript age] = 10.4 years) completed a questionnaire that measured three clusters of variables: 1) Internet use at home and school, 2) peer, school, and home self-esteem, 3) and cognitive abilities…
Descriptors: Females, Internet, Gender Differences, Males